Hook and eye.



PATENTED JAN. 2s, 1906.`

No. 810,775.y

C. LANGGUTH.

HOOK AND EYE.

y APPLICATION HLBDMARJAL 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 23, 1906.

Application iiled March 10, 1905. rSerial No. 249,346.

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LANGGUTH, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention contemplates an improved hook and eye which can be applied to clothing or other articles in the usual manner, which will be fully as eifective and satisfactory in a general way as the hooks and eyes heretofore employed, but which will also and as a fur* ther advantage be capable of lying i'latwise,

or practically so, against the cloth or other material to which each part of the hook and eye is applied, and which Will therefore be adapted to pass through a laundering-machine and be subjected to other like operations without being ilattened out and broken and impaired in the manner that is usually the case with the ordinary hook and eye.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the hook and eye applied to cloth and in a locked condition. Fig. 2 shows the same in an unlocked condition. Fig. 3 is an end view of the eye. Fig. 4 is a side view of the hook. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a somewhat-different form of the hook and eye. Fig. 6 is an end View of the eye shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side view of the hook shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a side view of the hook and eye in Figs. 1 and 2 connected together.

As thus illustrated and referring to Figs. l to 4, inclusive, the eye A is made practically flat, its end or cross-piece being provided, however, With a slight kink or bend in the Wire at its middle portion, thereby providing the indentation a. The hook B has a body portion b and is also provided with a pair of laterally-deflected hook portions b', the latter being substantially in the plane of the flat body portion b, but having slightly outwardly bent end portions, yas shown in Fig. 4. As shown, the ortions b are bent out'so that they will sli e readily over the straight crosspiece a of the eye. The indentation c is adapted to engage the straight neck b2 of the body portion, and the portions a of the eye t are adapted when the hook and eye are pulled together to slip under the portions b. In other words, it will be seen the indentation a and the slight upward or outward inclination of the end portions b result in the placing of the eye and. hook in substantially the saine plane. I When the hook and eye are separated, they are so flat in character that they can be passed through launderingrmachinery without being broken or impairedthat, is to say, each is almost as Hat as possible, and thus practically notadapted to become any flatter when subjected to the ordinary laundering or to similar operations. A

In Figs. 5 to 7, inclusive, the construction is similar to that already described, with the exception, however, that the eye C is rounded at its end more or less and that the hook D has its hook portions d provided with Vsomewhat sharper points and with a more angular outline than those shown in the preceding construction; otherwise this particular construction is substantially the same as that shown in Figs. l to 4, inclusive, the hook having the neck portion d and the eye having the kink or bend c and the cross-piece c. In any event, however, it will be seen that the hook has laterally-deflected hook portions adapted to hook over and engage the end portion of an eye having an indentation at its middle portion adapted to engage the straight neck portion of the hook. The said kink or bend extends a-t right angles to the plane in which the hook and eye lie in a flat condition and the eye is preferably U-shaped and wider than the hook. Obviously, however, the construction can be varied considerably without departing from the spirit of my invention. By having the kink or bend, such as o or c, extend outward or at right angles o1" practically at right angles to the plane of the hook and eye the two hook portions t or d, as the case may be, will extend crosswise of the portions a or c, as the case may be, and at each side of the said kink or bend, as shown in the drawings.

It will be seen that the side portions of thek hook`-that is, the springy hook portions of the same-are adapted to bear down upon the cross-piece of the eye, and to thereby hold the bent or kinked middle portion of the said cross-piece iirmly upon the neck of the hook. In this way the hook as a whole has three separate and distinct points of engagement with the eye`namely, one at the cen` ter of the under side of the cross-piece of the eye and one on top of the cross-piece at each side of the said kink or bend.

It will be seen that the parallel portions forming the neck of the hook extend around and back by the sides of the neck, thereby providing springy hook portions, such as b IOO IIO

and d, which are at their ends slightly out of line with the neck. With either construction it will be seen that the neck is ada ted to engage the under or concave side o the kink or bend, such as a or c, when the hook and eye are interlocked, the hook portions at such time being adapted to rest u on the cross-piece a/ or c', as the case may e. vIn this way the hook has three distinct points of engagement with the eye-namely, one at the center of the under side of the cross-piecethat is, where the neck en ages the kink or bend--and one at each si e thereof on the upper side of the same. Consequently the said springy hook portions are adapted to bear down upon the cross-piece and hold the same iirmly upon the said neck.

What I claim as my invention is-n A hook and eye comprising an eye having side portions separated at one end and connected at the other end by a crossiece provided at its center with a slight kin or bend extending outwardly at a right angle to the plane of the eye, a hook having parallel portions forming a neck and extendingaround and back by the sides of the neck, thereby providing springy hook portions which are slightly out of line with the neck at their ends, said neck being adapted to engage the under or concave side oi said kink or bend when the eye and hook are interlocked, and the said hook portions at such time being adapted to rest upon the said cross-piece at each side of the said kink or bend, whereby the hook has three distinct points of engagement with the eye, namely one at the center of the under side of the cross-piece and one at each side thereof on the upper side of the same, and whereby the said springy hookportions bear down upon the cross-piece and hold the same iirmly upon the said neck, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me at Chicago, Cook county, lllinois, this 7th day of March, 1905.

CHARLES LANGGUTH.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE M. THORNE, SARAH LEWIS. 

